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☆ A Swiss city cut red tape and ended up with many more homes. It's a model for the US.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewAs part of her housing policy agenda, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has promised to "cut red tape and needless bureaucracy" to build millions of additional homes and bring down costs. Zurich, Switzerland offers the latest model. AdvertisementApartment buildings behind farm houses in Affoltern, just outside Zurich, Switzerland. One of the study's key findings is, "if you upzone, upzone a lot," said Simon Büchler, coauthor of the study and an assistant professor of finance at Miami University. A whopping 64% of Swiss residents live in apartments, compared to just 28% of US residents, and the country also has an especially comprehensive and well-connected public transportation network.

Persons: —, Kamala Harris, Michael Buholzer, Simon Büchler, upzoning, Büchler, Christian Hartmann, Matthew Maltman, who's, There's, Maltman Organizations: Service, Democratic, Business, Miami University, Reuters Locations: Zurich, Switzerland, Swiss, Canton of Zurich, Affoltern, New Zealand, Küsnacht, Lake Zurich, Canada, Europe, Australian

☆ This 70-year-old med student just graduated. He has this advice for others
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Toh Hong Keng/Henry Ahn Photo StudioHis family constantly checked on him, helping to dispel many waves of doubt. “The only reason why I decided to study medicine was because I wanted something useful to do,” he said. “If I can’t be a practicing doctor, at least I can look after myself somewhat,” he said. Feeling a little dejected, he got in touch with his family’s former domestic worker whose daughter recently graduated from medical school in the Philippines. A week later, in 2019 he packed his bags, found a small apartment on the island and started his medical school journey.

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☆ With Musk’s X banned in Brazil, its users carve out new digital homes
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Brazil's X users, left casting about for a new platform, mostly started washing up on Threads and Bluesky. Everyone hadn't been on X; Brazil's social masses are primarily on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook . So as X went dark in this highly online country of 213 million, its users started migrating. Meta declined to provide specifics on Brazilian users. Bluesky gained 2.6 million users since last week, 85% from Brazil, the company said Wednesday, boosting its total to over 8 million.

Persons: Elon Musk, Jair Bolsonaro, Mauro Pimentel, Elon Musk's, X, Alexandre de Moraes, Shauna Wright, de Moraes, hadn't, Meta's Instagram, Wright, didn't, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Cris Faga, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Tatiane Queiroz, Bluesky, Jefferson Nascimento, Nascimento, Egerton Neto, —, Jay Graber, Ton Molina Organizations: AFP, Getty, Brazilian, Facebook, Twitter, Associated Press, Meta, Federal Supreme Court, Elon, Nurphoto Locations: Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, San Francisco, Bluesky, Brazilian, Mato Grosso, Sao Paulo, Recife

☆ Private equity will be able to invest in the NFL but won't have much say in team decisions
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Last week, NFL team owners voted to allow an initial group of private equity firms to acquire up to a 10% stake of a franchise. "This isn't a case where private equity is going to come in and have influence on the franchise." Private equity has been eager to take stakes in sports as team valuations rise, mainly due to ballooning media rights deals. As investors, private equity firms often take management and board roles. Private equity investments typically have a set duration — it can range from three to seven years in many cases — and an expected return.

Persons: Ric Tapia, Steve Pagliuca, Shirin Malkani, Perkins, Anthony Mulrain, Toney, Angela Weiss, Michael Considine, Ellis, Jimmy Haslam, Mulrain, Eric Washington, Robin Alam Organizations: NFL, Los Angeles Rams, Houston Texans, NRG, Getty, National Football League, Bain Capital, CNBC, Washington, Denver Broncos, Carolina Panthers, Holland, Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles, Farm, Afp, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, Kirkland, Cleveland Browns, Knight's, Buffalo Bills, Microsoft Locations: Houston, U.S, Glendale , Arizona, Holland

☆ Who is the real Alice Guo? Fugitive mayor accused of spying for China faces legal reckoning after weeks on the run
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-04 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The official inquiry into Alice Guo, disgraced former mayor of a small town not far from the capital Manila, has been compulsive viewing for Filipinos since it began in May. But who exactly is Alice Guo? The Bureau of Immigration (BI) says Indonesian authorities have informed them that former Mayor Alice Guo has been arrested in the country on September 4, 2024. Guo shows her chicken farm in Bamban, Tarlac province, in the Philippines in a YouTube video posted on April 20, 2022. The real concern about Guo arose from her alleged ties with business associates from China currently in prison.

Persons: Alice Guo, Guo, “, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, lawbreakers, ”, Alice L, David Buenaventura, Ditjen, she’s, Alice Leal Guo, scammers, Senator Risa Hontiveros, Marcos Jr, ” Marcos, Guo Hua Ping, hasn’t, Zhang Ruijin, Lin Baoying, Zhang, Lin, AMLC, Shiela, Cassandra Li Ong Organizations: CNN, absconding, Ang Law, Immigration, Philippine Bureau, YouTube, Philippine Offshore Gaming, Philippine News Agency, Philippine senate, Facebook, National Bureau of Investigation, Money, Yuan Technology Inc, Hongshen Gaming Technology Inc, QJJ, Inc Locations: Philippines, Manila, China, South China, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Bamban, Tarlac province, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippine, what’s, POGOs, Beijing, Singapore

☆ I took a 50% pay cut to leave my sales job and work on a potato farm. I have no regrets.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-03 | by ( Erin Liam | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tyler Heppell, a fifth-generation farmer from Heppell's Potato Corporation in Canada. As a fourth-generation farmer at a 104-year-old potato farm in British Columbia, my dad thought he had hit the lottery when he had three sons. My plan was to work on my family's farm for a year while I figured out the next steps. I took a pay cut to return to the farmI made almost 200,000 Canadian dollars in sales, or around $150,000, in one year. I'm also in charge of all the truck drivers because the potato fields are about an hour from our farm.

Persons: —, Tyler Heppell, I'm, Heppell, It's Organizations: Service, Heppell's Potato Corporation, Business, Fortune, Statistics Canada, Royal Bank of Canada Locations: Canada, British Columbia

☆ Chinese farmers across 14 towns are spraying industrial sulfur on wolfberries so they'll be 'red and beautiful': state media
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-03 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In a report aired on Sunday, the broadcaster spoke to wolfberry farmers and merchants in a region spanning 14 towns in Jingyuan County, Gansu Province. Sodium metabisulfite is sometimes used in food preservation but is prohibited in the local wolfberry industry, state media reported. The practice had become so common that workers spoke of it as an industry standard, the outlet reported. Since his early days as China's top leader, Xi Jinping has promised to crack down on food safety breaches, saying they're central to how people perceive the government. Allegations of excessive sulfur fumigation in the Chinese traditional-medicine industry have surfaced before, leading retailers to often sell wolfberries and other products as "sulfite-free."

Persons: —, wolfberries, That's, Xi Jinping Organizations: Service, Business, CCTV, Food, Committee, Beijing Locations: Jingyuan County, Gansu Province, Golmud, Qinghai Province, West, China, Jingyuan, —

☆ Is the Fed 'sleepwalking into a policy mistake?': Abrdn analyst calls for faster easing of rates
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-02 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

He pointed to economic data like non-farm payrolls, saying they were later revised to reflect a weaker economic picture. Akintewe said: "Is the economy already weaker than the headline data suggests and [the Fed] should already be easing?" "And once you've done that amount of easing, it takes six to eight months to transmit that." "The other question no one seems to ask is, why is the policy rate still at 5.5% when inflation is down [to] almost 2.5%? Like, do you need a 300 basis point real policy rate in this kind of environment with all the uncertainty that we're facing?"

Persons: abdrn, Kenneth Akintewe, Akintewe Organizations: U.S . Labor Department, of Labor Statistics, Fed, U.S, CNBC Locations: U.S

☆ A journey inside Epic Systems' mythical and sprawling campus, a world away from Wall Street
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-01 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

The Oz office building on Epic's campus. Touring Epic's campus, it's clear that the company exists a universe away from Wall Street. They're clustered into mini-campuses, with names like Prairie Campus, Farm Campus, Central Park Campus, Wizards Academy Campus and Storybook Campus. Around 750 acres of Epic's campus are active farmland sprinkled with 42 sheep, 14 cows and a donkey. The campus' buildings are connected via a network of tunnels and enclosed skyways, so people don't have to step outside to travel between them.

Persons: Epic Systems Dorothy Gale, Judy Faulkner, Faulkner, Oracle's, Cerner, Epic Systems Faulkner, Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, Ken Glueck, Seth Hain, Epic's, Hain, " Hain Organizations: Epic Systems, Academy, Systems, Oracle, Wizards Academy Campus, skyways, Systems Employees, Academy Campus, Health, Cosmos Locations: Kansas, Verona , Wisconsin, Madison, Verona, U.S, San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Prairie, Park, Epic's

☆ How the CIA tries to recruit Russians to spy on their country
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-30 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

At the CIA's covert training facility near Williamsburg, Virginia, commonly called "The Farm," recruits are trained in the world of espionage and the many ways to get people to provide secret information. "We are in the head-hunting business, as we call it," Olson said. "We have to find individuals that we can induce to cooperate equally with us to give us their secrets." After Klyushin was arrested in Switzerland by U.S. authorities, one of the claims his lawyer made was that American intelligence officers had attempted to recruit Klyushin as a spy for the U.S. upon meeting him for the first time. However, as Olson explained to Javers, the way that intelligence officials approach that process is far different, something that he called "the recruitment cycle."

Persons: Jim Olson, —, Eamon Javers, Olson, Javers, Vladislav Klyushin, Klyushin Organizations: Counterintelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, CNBC Senior Washington Locations: Williamsburg , Virginia, Moscow, Russian, U.S, Switzerland, American

☆ I broke away from my traditional Amish community. Here's what grabbed me most in the modern world — and what I miss.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-26 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Daniel Beiler, 33, an emergency medical technician and aid volunteer who grew up in a traditional Amish community in Pennsylvania. An Amish family walks through a field. He taught me that there were other Amish people questioning things — and eventually the Amish system couldn't hold us anymore. When a storm comes through and the electric goes out, life kind of slows down, and I don't like that feeling. My family don't have any technological restrictions now, but we haven't embraced too much trash culture.

Persons: —, Daniel Beiler, Ted Shaffrey, I'd, Beiler, Posnov, William Thomas Cain, excommunicating, wouldn't, it's, Jessica Melanson, We've, Tom, Jerry, I'm Organizations: Service, Business, Getty, ISIS Locations: Pennsylvania, Lancaster County , Pennsylvania, America, Iraq, Dnipro, Ukraine, Philadelphia, Syria, Bolivia, Idaho

☆ Travel news: World’s best city for nightlife, according to Time Out
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get the latest news in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. CNN —In travel news this week: the world’s best party spots, the city taking a stand against electric scooters, plus the story of how the world’s tallest bridge transformed a continent. Best nightlife citiesSun, sea and samba: Rio de Janeiro in Brazil has been declared the best place in the world to party right now, according to Time Out’s new survey of thousands of people worldwide. The best place to party in Europe, unsurprisingly, is Germany’s legendary clubbing capital Berlin.

Persons: Dolly Parton —, we’ve, Dolly Parton, you’ve, James Beard, Harry Styles, they’ve Organizations: CNN, Rio, •, CNN CNN Travel, Wall Street Locations: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Manila, Philippines, Europe, Berlin, Melbourne, New Jersey, Monterey , California, California, Knoxville , Tennessee, Tennessee

Meet the Rural Voters Who Could Swing North Carolina’s ElectionThe most rural of the battleground states this year is North Carolina. Scroll to play video Muted Gracie Torres Gracie Torres Nick Ellison Nick Ellison Sonja Stone Sonja Stone Sharon High-Jones Sharon High-Jones Gracie Torres Gracie Torres Julius Syfrett Julius Syfrett Paige Chesson Paige Chesson Connor Webb Connor Webb Julius Syfrett Julius Syfrett Connor Webb Connor Webb Gracie Torres Gracie Torres Greg Mason Greg Mason Sharon High-Jones Sharon High-Jones Paige Chesson Paige Chesson Carl Smith Carl Smith Julius Syfrett Julius Syfrett Connor Webb Connor Webb Gracie Torres Gracie Torres Nick Ellison Nick Ellison Julius Syfrett Julius Syfrett Nick Ellison Nick Ellison Connor Webb Connor Webb Nick Ellison Nick Ellison Amanda Cameron Amanda Cameron I think Trump is a good candidate. I try to make prayerful decisions whenever I’m going in to vote. Scroll to play video Muted Julius Syfrett Julius Syfrett Politicians don’t know crap about a working man out here. When I go to vote, I’m going to be thinking When I go to vote, I’m going to be thinking a whole lot about taxes and inflation.

The next day, three minutes before shots were fired toward Trump, local police radioed that a man was on a nearby roof. That warning never made it to the Secret Service, whose snipers didn’t know the would-be assassin was on the roof until shots rang out. “I can confirm that the Butler County ESU team made radios available to the Secret Service and that they were not utilized by the Secret Service,” Goldinger said in a statement. But the issue of how to directly communicate with local law enforcement remains unresolved. Evan Vucci/AP Secret Service agents rush the stage immediately after the shooting.

Persons: Donald Trump, didn’t, “, bro, ‘, “ We’re, Clay Higgins, Higgins, ”, Richard Goldinger, ” Goldinger, Goldinger, ” Higgins, Butler, ’, Gene J, Ronald Rowe, Thomas Crooks, Crooks, Trump, ” Sen, Chuck Grassley, ” Grassley, “ It’s, Jonathan Wackrow, Wackrow, Evan Vucci, Brendan McDermid, Reuters Trump, Anna Moneymaker, Rebecca Wright, CNN Trump, Will Lanzoni, they’ve, Rowe Organizations: CNN, Secret Service, Trump, Louisiana Republican, Fairgrounds, Butler, ESU, Secret, White House Communications Agency, Department of Defense, Iowa, Republican, Service, NSA, Reuters, Milwaukee Brat House, Republican National Convention, Reuters Police, AP, AP Trump, Pennsylvania, Department of Homeland Security, State Police Locations: Louisiana, Butler, Butler , Pennsylvania, Pa, Pennsylvania, Milwaukee

It all left Democrats on the convention floor feeling euphoric and focused, confident that her speech would spur the Democratic base to turn out in November. But outside the arena, and outside the bubble of ride-or-die Democratic voters, some voters, particularly Republicans, said they did not even bother to watch the speech. And among some still on the fence — those who could make a difference in a tight contest — Ms. Harris’s words did not make immediate converts. Bob and Sharon Reed watched Ms. Harris’s speech on their farm in the hills of central Pennsylvania. They came away from Ms. Harris’s speech feeling a little conflicted.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, Donald J, Trump, ”, Bob, Sharon Reed Organizations: Democratic National Convention, Democratic, Mr Locations: Pennsylvania

☆ Mike Lynch, man once dubbed 'Britain's Bill Gates,' dies at age 59
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-22 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Mike Lynch, 59, is the founder of enterprise software firm Autonomy. Dominic Lipinski | PA Images | Getty ImagesDuring the course of the trial, Lynch took the stand in his own defense. He became a key voice supporting the U.K. technology industry, backing key names like cybersecurity firm Darktrace and legal tech firm Luminance. Mike Lynch, founder of software firm Autonomy, at the company's headquarters in, Cambridge, U.K., Aug. 24, 2000. Bryn Colton | Hulton Archive | Getty Images"I keep rare breeds," Lynch told LeadersIn in a 2016 interview.

Persons: Mike Lynch, Hewlett Packard, Chris Ratcliffe, Lynch, —, Angela Bacares —, Bacares, Hannah, Bill Gates, Graham Barclay, David Tabizel, Richard Gaunt, Thomas Bayes, Dominic Lipinski, Autonomy's, Stephen Chamberlain, Sushovan Hussain, Hussain, Thoma, Bryn, LeadersIn Organizations: Autonomy, Hewlett, Bloomberg, Getty, LONDON, CNBC, Sky News, Bancroft's, British Industry, University of Cambridge, Lynett Systems, Cambridge, South Yorkshire Police, Cambridge Neurodynamics, HP, U.S, Packard, Prosecutors, Capital Management, Thoma Bravo, BBC, Council for Science, Technology, Forbes, East Anglian Times, The Times Locations: Sicily, U.S, Porticello, Palermo, Italy, Ilford, East London, Chelmsford, English, Essex, Woodford Green, London, Cambridge, Britain, Suffolk, Bryn Colton, England

☆ Epic Systems is building more than 100 new AI features for doctors and patients. Here's what's coming
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-21 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Epic is a health-care software giant whose technology is used in thousands of U.S. hospitals and clinics. And one theme stood out during the health-care company's event on Tuesday: How new artificial intelligence features can help doctors and patients. Faulkner said the company has more than 100 AI features in the works, though many of the tools are still in the early stages of development. Doctors will be able to use AI to automatically queue up orders for prescriptions and labs, the company said. He spoke to an AI agent through the MyChart app about his recovery after a supposed wrist surgery and answered questions about his pain.

Persons: Oz, Faulkner, Jensen, Judy Faulkner, Seth Hain, Hain, . Hain, pickleball Organizations: CNBC, Nvidia, Epic Locations: Verona , Wisconsin, U.S

☆ 'Britain's Bill Gates': Who is Mike Lynch, the UK tech entrepreneur missing after superyacht sinks?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-20 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Mike Lynch, 59, is the founder of enterprise software firm Autonomy. Lynch, 59, is the founder of enterprise software firm Autonomy. During the trial, Lynch took the stand in his own defense, denying wrongdoing and telling jurors that HP botched Autonomy's integration. "I keep rare breeds," Lynch told LeadersIn during an interview. Weeks before he was reported missing, Lynch told The Times newspaper of how he feared dying in prison if found guilty over the HP allegations.

Persons: Mike Lynch, Hewlett Packard, Chris Ratcliffe, Lynch —, Bill Gates, —, Lynch's, Angela Bacares, Hannah —, Morgan, Jonathan Bloomer, Judy, Clifford Chance, Chris Morvillo, Neda, Stephen Chamberlain, Chamberlain's, Lynch, Autonomy's, Chamberlain, Sushovan Hussain, Hussain, David Tabizel, Richard Gaunt, Thoma, LeadersIn, Weeks Organizations: Autonomy, Hewlett, Bloomberg, Getty, LONDON, U.K, Morgan Stanley, Reuters, HP, U.S, Prosecutors, University of Cambridge, Lynett Systems, Cambridge, South Yorkshire Police, Cambridge Neurodynamics, BBC, Council for Science, Technology, Capital Management, Thoma Bravo, Forbes, East Anglian Times, The Times Locations: Sicily, Porticello, Palermo, Italy, Cambridgeshire, England, Britain, U.S, Ilford, East London, Chelmsford, English, Essex, U.K, British, Suffolk

☆ Burned and uninsured: Wildfires are leaving California’s housing market in trouble
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-18 | by ( Shania Baweja | Taylor Galgano | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

That’s made home insurance increasingly unaffordable or even inaccessible – and that’s leaving more people in the same position as the Daneaus. California’s largest insurer, State Farm, requested a 30% rate increase for its homeowner’s line last month. Last year, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara reached an agreement with insurers with an aim to cover approximately 85% of properties in high-risk areas. “[My insurance plan] wasn’t canceled but my insurance company increased the rates quite a bit,” she said. But he cautioned there’s no guarantee of that, leaving homeowners like the Daneaus grappling with uncertainty.

Persons: Los Angeles CNN —, Michael, Kristy Daneau’s, Kristy, Michael Daneau, Kristy Daneau, That’s, “ We’re, ” Michael, ”, aren’t, Justin Sullivan, California’s, it’s, ” Michael Daneau, Ricardo Lara, Kristy Daneau's, what’s, Steve Hawks, Woolsey, Angela Wilson, LAEPF, Wilson, Brent Woodworth, there’s, “ I’m, we’ve, CNN’s Camila Bernal, Sarah Moon Organizations: Los Angeles CNN, Gas & Electric, Insurance Information Institute, California Department of Insurance, Farm, State, CNN, FAIR, California FAIR, California, Golden State, The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, Institute for Business & Home Safety, for Business & Home, Los, Emergency Preparedness Foundation Locations: Cohasset, California, Paradise , California, Santa Monica, Malibu

☆ An Australian boomer retired in Thailand on an $18,000 annual pension. He saves almost half his income and can still travel the world.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Walker now lives off his roughly $18,000 annual pension (AU$28,000), according to bank statements reviewed by Business Insider. And, because his expenses in Chiang Mai are so low, Walker said he is able to save about 40% of his income. Business Insider has heard from Americans who moved from Texas to Panama, California to Italy, and Minnesota to Mexico, all in search of exciting travels and reduced financial stress. In Thailand, Walker said he has met people from all over the world.

Persons: —, John, Walker, Chiang, Chiang Mai, It's Organizations: Service, Business, Social Security Administration Locations: Chiang Mai, Thailand, Western Australia, Texas, Panama , California, Italy, Minnesota, Mexico, Chiang, Australia, Spain, Majorca, Costa Rica

Despite the gloom about grocery costs, food price increases have generally been cooling for months. A central issue has plagued the Biden administration for most of its term: the steep rise in grocery prices. Despite the gloom about grocery costs, food price increases have generally been cooling for months. Image Several economists said they expected to see grocery inflation remain around current rates in the coming months. Grocery inflation remains a major political issueHigh food costs continue to pose a political challenge for the Biden administration.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, ”, David Ortega, Ortega, “ We’re, Mr, Jessica Attie, Omair Sharif, Sharif, Kamala Harris, Christopher B, Barrett, Jerlyn, “, Heisz Organizations: Bloomberg, Federal Reserve, Investors, Republican, White, Workers, Michigan State University, The New York Times, Agriculture Department, KPMG, Democratic, PepsiCo, Cornell University Locations: Ukraine, Platteville, Wis

☆ Murdoch family battle highlights Nevada's secret trust boom
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The Murdoch family feud taking place in an obscure Nevada court highlights the state’s surging popularity as a global center of family trusts and a friendly home to the world’s biggest fortunes. The Western state’s fast-growing industry of trust and estate attorneys, trust companies and facilitators keeps a deliberately low profile. At the center of the Murdoch case is the Murdoch Family Trust, which holds the powerful voting shares in News Corp. and Fox Corp. that effectively control the companies. (The trust also contains the family farm in Australia, the Murdoch art collection and its Disney shares.) “Normally a family would have some ties in Nevada to establish trust, either living here or having real estate,” Tyrell said.

Persons: Murdoch, ”, Steven Oshins, ” Oshins, Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman, Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan, James, Elisabeth, Prudence, it’s, Rupert, Elyse Tyrell, Tyrell Law PLLC, Rupert Murdoch —, It’s, ” Tyrell, “ Organizations: IRS, Division, Trust, News Corp, Fox Corp, Disney, The New York Times, Street Journal, Fox, Henderson , Nevada . Trust Locations: Nevada, “ Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee , Delaware, U.S, Australia, Henderson , Nevada

☆ Bull headed for slaughterhouse escapes, goes on rampage before being fatally shot in Massachusetts
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A bull bound for a Massachusetts slaughterhouse briefly escaped its fate Monday after it crashed through electrified fences, jumped a berm, ran across on an interstate and swam through a lake, authorities said. However, police officers in Raynham, south of Boston, fatally shot the 1,300-pound animal when it charged at them, police said in a news release. A 1,300-pound bull runs before being fatally shot in Raynham, Mass., on Monday. via VimeoThe bull leaped over a 6-foot berm and ran onto Interstate 495, where it caused a three-vehicle crash, the department said. When the bull began “aggressively” swimming toward the group, the department said, an officer fired at the animal with a department-issued rifle.

Persons: “, David LaPlante Organizations: Workers, Monday . Raynham Police, Police Locations: Massachusetts, Raynham, Boston, Raynham , Mass, Lake Nippenicket

☆ ‘Sponge’ cities combat urban flooding by letting nature do the work
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Turenscape/Courtesy The Cultural Landscape FoundationYu’s proposal is this: Create areas with porous earth where local plants can thrive with little or no maintenance. But whether this latest flooding crisis demonstrates the limitations of China’s sponge cities, or supports the case to expand them, is a matter of debate. Turenscape/Courtesy The Cultural Landscape FoundationTurenscape planted 5,600 seedlings of 360 local species, including rare trees indigenous to Thailand’s central river basin. Turenscape/Courtesy The Cultural Landscape FoundationThis may be another reason Yu’s services have been sought outside China. Last year, The Cultural Landscape Foundation awarded Yu the $100,000 Oberlander Prize in recognition of his pioneering work.

Persons: Kongjian Yu, Yu, ” Yu, Turenscape, Xi Jinping, Faith Chan, ”, Chan, Elizabeth Mossop, ” Mossop, “ Organizations: CNN, redwoods, UK’s University of Leeds, Research, Global Times, University of Nottingham, Thai, Arsomsilp, Environmental, Landscape Foundation, University of Technology Sydney’s School of Design Locations: Nanchang, China's Jiangxi, China, Qinghuandao, China's Hebei province, Wuhan, Hainan, Sanya, China's, Guangdong, Turenscape, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, ”, Bangkok

It’s a serene sight — except for the one thing Mr. Antezana, a retired oceanographer, cannot ignore. The South American country is the top exporter of farmed salmon to the United States. For more than four decades, Mr. Antezana has watched the industry grow into one of the world’s leading producers of farmed salmon. Last year, farmed salmon was Chile’s second-largest export, generating $6.5 billion in revenue. Most of the farmed salmon eaten in the United States comes from overseas, with almost half from the fjords of Chile.

Persons: Tarsicio, Antezana Organizations: U.S . Department of Agriculture Locations: Quinchao, Chile, Los Lagos, United States

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